Remembering OUR SIKH VETERANS ..

[S1ngh]

Veteran day is our Day tooo.. We should remember those who gave away everything for our future !

Today in the Kohima cemetery, among the 1,378 grave markers, is the famous Kohima memorial with its historic inscription:

"When you go home tell them of us, and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today."

(By Sikh Soldiers)

BUT SAD NONE of us remember them, none of us (including me) tried to give at least a moment of silence of rememberance for their bravery ! They died and heavily got injured for us, for our betterment.. for our future !!! SO SINGHOOO Whenever next time u hear Veteran Day, Remember Sikh Soldiers who served for Justice in every major World Wars !!

Sikhs in World War I

Injured Sikh soldier in france

Sikhs in Gallapoli where whole battalion died in trenches

Sikhs in World War II

Sikh Gunners in the Kurram Valley. Circa 1937

A Sikh-manned Bren gun team of the 4th Indian division participating in manoeuvres prior to Operation Compass, the December 1940 offensive against the Italian Army in the desert of Western Egypt and Eastern Libya.

Sikh soldiers storm a German trench, after exploding it with hand grenades. Circa 1945.

A lil info for those who don't know the sikh soldiers history !!

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the kingdom collapsed, and it was incorporated into British India. After some time the relations between the Sikhs and the British improved, and they joined the army in great numbers. The valor of Sikh soldiers during the two world wars was internationally recognized. Most people associate the Sikhs with the army and sometimes with violence. This is a very inaccurate picture and misleading.

As the allied nations stepped closer to the second global conflict, this time with the Imperial Japanese and the Germans, Sikh soldiers once again stepped forward and became the back bone of the British Indian Army. Despite the rising voice of independence from the British, in India during WWII, Sikhs still made the majority of the forces that India gave to the war effort. India entered the war when the then viceroy of India, Lord Linlithgow, without consulting Indian leaders, declared war against Germany on behalf of India. There was widespread violence in many cities all across India as British quelled demonstrations that would finally lead to end the British rule in India.

However, states like the Punjab from where the concentration of recruits into the British army came, looked curiously at the events. With only voluntary recruitment into the army, young Sikh men helped to swell the Indian army from 189,000 at the start of the war to over 2.5 million at the end of the war.

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[Akaali]

PARNAAM SHAHEEDAN NU!!!

Thank you sooo much for that Veerji!!

[moorakh mugadh]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

gr8 post man very good pictures PARNAAM SHAHEEDAN NU!!!

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

Regardless whatever government or cause they fought for, regardless whoever they fought against, nothing but praises was showered on them. To them is owed the reputation of the Sikh, who even during battle saw an opponent, not an enemy.

A salute to those who fought on in the Sikh Spirit, be they Shaheeds or Soldiers. May the Almighty give to ALL Sikhs the fighting spirit.

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

parnaam shaheeda noooo

sikhs in world war 2 gave the highest capata of shaheeds....1/10th